Sealing-jar for preserving articles of food.



' PATENTED JAN. 20, 1903.

G. LEES. SEALING JAR POR'PRESERVING ARTICLES OF FOOD.

APPLICATION FILE-D APR. 14, 1902.

HOIODEL.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE LEES, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, AND CHARLES o. HOVEY, on BAINBRIDGE, NEW YORK.

SEALING-JAR FOR PRESERVING ARTICLES OF FOOD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 718,643, dated January 20, 1903. Application filed April 14, 1902. Serial No. 102,731- (No model- In all whom it may concern: are shown of exaggerated size over Fig. 1 for Be it known that I, GEORGE LEEs, a citizen clearness. of the United States, residing at Chicago, in The body a of the vessel or receptacle is of the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have glass, porcelain, or other similar vitrified ma- 5 invented an Improvement in Sealing-Jars for terial. It is shown as having straight walls 55 Preserving Articles of Food, of which the foland a fiat top surface, with the inner top edge, lowing is a specification. or, in other words, the upper edge on the in- My invention relates to a sealing jar or vesner side, formed with a recess 17, which may sel adapted to receive various articles of food be concave, as shown, or may have any other and in which such articles of food are presurface configuration desired. The cover 0 6o served by exhausting the air and effecting the is advantageously of sheet metal. It is prefseal by atmospheric pressure. Devices of this erably made with a depressed center, having character have heretofore been employed, the straight walls and a convex central surface. same beingofsheet metal; butitis wellknown From the straight walls outward there is a that sheet-metal receptacles or cans are liable flat flange d to the cover, which terminates to corrosive action by certain chemicals or circnmferentially in a circular downturned juices contained in the articles of food, and rib eat the extreme edge. Agasketf, of rubfrequently these articles of food are poisoned ber, fits around the cover beneath the flange on account of contact with the sheet-metal d, bearing against and into the angle formed 20 body of the receptacle; but this criticism is by the outer surface of the straight walls of not material so far as the cover of the recepthe cover and the under surface of the flange tacle is concerned, as the articles of food do (1, and this gasket is preferably in diameter not usually come in contact for any length of slightly greater than the width of the recess 1). time with the cover. The annular space between the outer surface 25 In my present invention I employ a sheetof the straight walls of the cover and the inner metal cover with a gasket; but the body of surface of the circulardownturned ribeagrees the receptacle or vessel is of glass, porcelain, with the thickness of the body a of the recepor other similar vitrified material. The body tacle or vessel, and when the cover is forced is provided with suitable walls, a flat top, and down into position under atmospheric pres- 0 with a recess at the upper edge on the inner sure, as shown in Fig. 3, the walls of the side. The cover fits 'down appreciably into cover lie within and against the walls of the the body, so that the walls of the cover and body, and the flange of the cover lies on top the inner surface wall of the body are subof the body-walls, and the rib 6 comes against stantially in contact, and the gasket of the the surface of the outer wall, so that the up- 5 cover fits into the recess provided in the inper edge or periphery of the body or vessel is ner top edge of the body, the flange of the substantiallyinclosed within said parts of the cover lying upon the upper edge of the body cover, and when in this position the gasket and said cover having a circular downturned completely fills the recess 5 and the surface rib at the extreme edge overhanging and exthereof is in forcible contact with the surface 40 tending outside of the outer upper edge of the of the body and the under surface of the 0 body, so as to substantiallycompletely inclose cover at right angles to one another, thereby the upper edge of the body and form an airforming a perfect seal maintained by extertight closure to the same. nal atmospheric pressure. In this manner In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation the vessel or receptacle containing the food 5 illustrating my improvement. Fig. Zisaparis completely and effectually sealed for the tial vertical section of the body and cover preservation of the contents. I have shown with the gasket, the same simply resting upon and prefer to convex the center of the cover, the body; andFig; 3 is a partial vertical secas the atmospheric pressure when in use has tion with the parts in the position occupied a tendency to flatten the same, the effect of 50 thereby when under pressure. Figs. 2 and 3 which is to cause the straight walls of the peatedly without injury.

cover to more closely contact with and hug the innersurface of the body a, because were the central part fiat or concave the pressure would have a tendency to draw the straight walls of the cover away from contact with the inner surface of the body.

The devices that may be in evidence for exhausting the air from the vessel or receptacle so as to apply atmospheric pressure thereto for the sealing of the same form no part of my present invention.

This vessel or receptacle is cheaply made, is very efficient in use, and can be used re- It can be effectually and repeatedly cleansed and does not contaminate the food contents.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination With a sheetmetal cover having a depressed center and suitable walls, a flat flange bent outward therefrom, a circular rib at the edge and a rubber gasket, of a body of glass, porcelain or other similar vitrified material having suitable walls, a fiat top surface and a recess at the upper edge on the inner side adapted to receive the gasket of the cover, the flat top surface, the recess aud the rubber gasket being received against the flat flange and between the circular rib and the depressed center of the cover, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with a body of glass, porcelain, or other similar vitrified material having suitable walls, a flat top surface and a recess at the inner upper edge, of a sheetmetal cover having a depressed center, suitable walls, a flat flange bent outward therefrom, and a circular downturned rib at the extreme edge, and a gasket of rubber or similar material of slightly greater diameter than the width of the aforesaid recess, the said walls of the cover fitting snugly within and coinciding with the walls of the said body, and the body being received within the annular space between the outer surface of the straight walls of the cover and the inner surface of the circular downturned rib, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination with a body of glass, porcelain or other similar vitrified material having straight walls, a flat top surface and a recess at the inner top edge, of a cover with a depressed center having straight walls whose extreme diameter substantially agrees with the inner diameter of the body and having a convex center, a flat flange bent outward therefrom, and a circular downturned rib at the extreme edge, and a gasket of suitable elastic material adapted to fit said recess, the straight walls of the cover fitting appreciably down into the body and the body being received within the annular space between the outer surface of the straight walls of the cover and the inner surface of the circular downturned rib, so that said rib overhangs the body and the gasket fits the recess in the upper edge of the body, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 9th day of April, 1902.

GEO. LEES.

Witnesses:

FRED Looms, S. RUPRIGHT. 

